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California Gov. Jerry Brown blames climate change for early wildfires
The Western U.S. is in for a big and dangerous fire season, and Brown is pointing the finger squarely at global warming.
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Beware: Rough wildfire season ahead
Firefighters are bringing a blaze in the Santa Monica Mountains under control, but many more such fires are expected in the West this year.
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Is Obama the ‘environmental president’?
Some folks are upset about Jonathan Chait's column in New York magazine arguing that Obama is making real progress on climate change. I think Chait mostly gets it right.
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Hawaii could be hit by more hurricanes as climate changes
There may be fewer tropical cyclones in the Pacific in the future, but those that do form are expected to be stronger and more likely to strike Hawaii.
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Why haven’t the big green groups divested from fossil fuels?
Activists are pushing colleges and cities to divest, but it turns out many major environmental groups still haven't dumped their own dirty energy stocks, Naomi Klein reports.
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Study: When Republicans understand climate science, they support climate action
Once Republican voters grasp the reality of climate change, they start to support efforts to do something about it, according to new research.
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Big Coal loses out in Indiana, despite employing two state lawmakers
A planned $2.8 billion coal-to-gas plant could be doomed now that the state legislature has approved tough new ratepayer protections.
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You can apply to be a professional polar bear spotter
Do you have outdoors experience, good eyesight, firearms expertise, and a loud voice? You could go work for the governor of the Svalbard Islands, spotting polar bears.
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Weird wintry weather and the climate-change link
It's warm on the coasts and cold and snowy in between. And some kind of hellish weirdness in the Texas Panhandle.
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Atlantic coastal waters are the hottest since measurements began
Temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to North Carolina were nearly three degrees warmer last year than the 30-year average.
